Kim, Jeong-bon; Lopatta, Kerstin; Canitz, Felix - In: SSRN eLibrary (2018)
Recent accounting research examines the impact of the individual style of corporate decision-makers on corporate … accounting policies. Based on this line of research, we explore how a chief financial officer's (CFO) preference for accounting … conservatism affects accounting quality. We provide evidence that CFOs significantly influence accounting conservatism at firm …